1947 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

 * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
 * Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union – Nikolay Shvernik
 * Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin

Births

 * January 8 – Igor Ivanov, Russian-born Canadian grandmaster (died 2005)
 * February 19 – Lev Rubinstein, Russian poet and social activist (died 2024)
 * February 21 – Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (died 2006)
 * October 12 – Zukhra Valeeva, Russian master builder

Deaths

 * August 9 – Seraphima Blonskaya